Volunteer Driver (Chichester Centre)

Volunteer Driver (Chichester Centre)

Posted for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Posted by Community Works

Register your interest

You will be redirected to the Community Works website to express your interest.

If you enjoy driving, meeting new people and would like to help your local community we welcome you to join us as a Volunteer Driver.

Benefits

• Increase your social and relationship skills
• Gain career experience
• Volunteering provides a sense of purpose

Practical Considerations

To become a Volunteer Driver, you will need to:

• Be 21 years old +
• Have a minimum of 2 years driving experience
• Hold a valid, full clean UK driving licence
• Have fully comprehensive insurance with business use cover
• Provide evidence of an eye test within the past 2 years
• Able to use a mobile phone
• Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (funded by the trust)
• Complete online and in-person mandatory training

In addition, you may also be required to have a basic driving assessment from the local service.

What skills do I need?

• Driving skills
• Safe and careful driver
• Physically fit for getting in and out of vehicles and loading and unloading
• Able to navigate around an area using sat nav or maps
• Able to keep to a schedule
• Well presented, with a friendly and approachable manner and good verbal communication skills
• An ability to be patient and calm even in the face of difficult situations
• An ability to act on own initiative within the role description.